Darkness Unvailed

Ventrue Invictus

Background story

After his parent died in a car accident when he was 16, Christian dropped out of school and ran with a local street gang for a year. When he held his best friend in his arms watching him die from multiple gunshot wounds after a fight with a rival gang. He decided it was time to go back to school and straighten his life out.

He left California and moved in with his grandparents in Carson City Nevada to finish high school. In his senior year he met and fell in love with Violet Price, a girl born into money. After graduating, they married and moved to Lansing Michigan where Christian found what work he could for four years while Violet attended MSU to get a business degree.

From there they moved to Minneapolis Minnesota to live the life they’d always dreamed. They opened a dance club and named it “Lost in the Mist.” The club was a big hit and drew a large crowd nearly every night. A year later, their twin daughters, Jennifer and Stacy were born.

Five more years passed before Violet decided to leave Christian for a lawyer she met at the club. After the divorce, she moved with her new boyfriend to Texas and left Christian with nothing but “Lost in the Mist.” He converted a storeroom into a small living space for himself and now he struggles just to keep the place open.

Ventrue Invictus

Background Story

I never knew my parents. They died in a car crash when I was under a year old. My aunt and uncle raised me. Although my parents were dead, I had a very loving family environment. My aunt and uncle were childless, so doted on me. They sent me to the best private schools and then to Yale, where I majored it business.
My parents vacationed every year in Europe and had left me with my aunt that fateful year. They were in Switzerland when my dad lost control of the car sending them over the side of a mountain. My aunt doesn’t talk about my mother very often, as she was my aunt’s favorite sister.
We haven’t heard from the oldest sister since the day or the funeral, oh so many years ago. When I got out of collage I got a job with the firm of an old family friend. I don’t hate it, but I can’t wait until I can get out of it. I am not sure what I want to do, but I know my heart lay elsewhere.

Paul found this beauty one night on the town and his path was set. Of course, she was just out for a drink. Paul caught her off guard with his good looks and relentless style. Slipping into his mind, she found that he had more usefulness than a one night toy. So, knowing that he could help move things along, she took the risk and showed him what real cruelty is. Shortly after the change of leadership took place in the city, a favor was repaid, making them safe. She takes care of his needs and he lets her live a little more. Though they both “see” other people, it is mostly to show up and hurt each other

Mekhat Invictus

Thomas finds himself using the time that he has been given, to indulge in whatever project that currently holds his fascination. He has always searched for the truth in religion as he holds that there must be something greater out there. He has already been proven right once in his life when he was brought into the darkness. Spending all of his time within books has had some drawbacks – he doesn’t get much respect from those around him and with the error of bring Hannah over, he’s had to try twice as hard to show his usefulness to the new Order in New York so as to keep himself and her safe. This had led him to make some very bad deals with the “wrong” crowd.

At a late evening field trip to a historic church in New York, Hannah was spotted by Thomas, who had just been informed of the leadership change and his payment for his part in it. There was something he needed someone’s help with, but not anyone would understand his need for an answer. She looked like a good prospect, but he did not quite understand her. It was too late to go back as he figured out what a big mistake he had made. After a quick clean up job, done by a friend of his, he set his task to make her as happy with this life as he possibly can without stopping his search for answers. He hopes that as she leaves her old life behind and that she will start to be interested in his odyssey.

The “go-to guy” in the past – he has been starting to be a little more lax in recent times. The job has been getting to him, seeing more and more how the corruption is too deep to root out. There are the other things that have started to happen also, the strange things he sees have started to seem more and more reel to him. The narrowing fact that there is more out there, has started to consume him.

Montello Investigations

(New Prince) Daeva Lancea Sanctum

Vern has always looked for more power and had a great belief that he would get it. Now that he has what he thinks he deserves, he wants to make sure that no one can take it away. He has tried many ways to gain this power before, but this time it is his. Though he does have some changes in mind, he has to take it easy as not everyone around him agrees that he is right.

Gangrel Unaligned (Hound)

Known for getting the job done, Bobbie is not a force to be reckoned with. Staying outside of the conflicts of the covenants, Bobbie makes her own way in New York. Enos has a soft spot for her as she seems to know what needs to be done without being told. Though sometimes it is a bit messier then Enos would like, he won’t deny the results.

Nosferatu Invictus (Sheriff)

A large black man with an imposing stature and a way of commanding respect without a word or action. One of the few still in power after the New Prince took over, he has remained there due to all of the respect shown to him by the elders in the city. This has caused some friction in the current state of things. He is not in favor of the changes as he is afraid that the LS will start a cleansing of the city that will endanger men he still cares about in the vampire community. He also knows the laws that have been set forth and sees no need for any of them to change.

(first chide of old prince) Ventrue Unaligned

Still without a center to guide him, Jeff has let Jacob down too many times, but, as with most firsts, Jacob has a soft spot for him and hopes that he will come around in time to take over the city when it is time for him to rest. With the stepping down of Jacob, what little idea Jeff had about his future is now gone. This sent him into a tail spin that lead him to smart off to the wrong group about the new prince. Enos and Bobbie showed up just soon enough to keep Jeff from getting a sun tan.

Ventrue Ordo Dracul

Leader of the order in New York, Amelia has had many trials to make it through. The change in leadership of the city has been of great concern to her as the new prince has shown a great distain for the Order in the past. The new members to the Order also concerned her, as they don’t seem to be as dedicated as she thinks they need to be.

Gangrel Invictus

Knowing everyone’s name does have its advantages in the kindred world. In the recent power changes, Dawn was given a step-up in the status department. With the new prince leaving the post and needing someone to replace him, Dawn got called in. Unfortunately, her newfound status has come with a price, as the new way of doing things grates on her more and more.

Mekhat Ordo Dracul

With his recent change of life paths, Joe is not trusted by either the Invictus or the Order. One thing is for sure – in his case, if he isn’t taken in by the Order, he has limited usefulness to anyone else.

Ventrue Invictus (old prince)

Jacob was a strong man with an impossible secret to keep – one that had remained hidden for many years. When suddenly, it came back and bit him in the ass one night. He had been aware of the growing presence of the sanctified in the city, but did not see the corruption from within that they were causing after his decision not to let any more kindred spring forth in his city. Escaping with his life, many friends and a few left-over boons, he seeks to take back his rightful station. Many of the new players don’t yet know the full extent of his power nor how many friends he still has, but he does have to move quickly or the sanctified will have removed too many of his loyalists.

Ventrue Invictus

As an “up and comer” in the Ventrue clan, Robert has seen fit to start a takeover of any finances that he can get his hands on. With some of his resources trimmed when the old prince left power, he had this “bright idea” to start using others’ finances to get what he wants. Victoria was just coming up to visit with the last fun person in the family. That changed quickly as she was drawn into this plan of Robert’s. The death of her Aunt and Uncle couldn’t have come at a better time for Robert as this gave him even more money to play with.

Ventrue Invictus

A good looking girl is what tends to describe this lady wherever she goes. She has only been among the kindred for a short time and still longs for her mortal life. She had been getting lonely in the recent years so she seized the opportunity to “make” a friend for herself. She didn’t have to do much to get the “go ahead” for it – drop a few little words to the wrong person to change the leadership of the city. She did take a little time to pick someone out that she thought she could hold on to for a long time. It was someone she thought she would relate to and could get along with, not to mention that looked better then she did – so she could hide a little in public. As part of the Invictus, she hates to have to take part in anything and is more a member of convenience than for any benefits that may come of it. Ignored for the most part, she has little to do with her clan, either. She has hoped in recent nights that she could get closer to Gracey and find out what held her back in her mortal life, but the events that let her make Gracey have come back to make that hard.

Mekhat Invictus

Dianna has been able to climb the ladder in the Invictus due to good looks and the willingness to punish those that get in her way. As a lower member of the covenant, she had a great deal of responsibility. As she has moved up over time, she has been able to maintain a high level of respect for getting things done. She had been feeling a bit stagnated in the recent years and wants to move high in the covenant. After slipping up and making Paul, she knew that the current state would not let her get what she wanted and she feared falling backward. When the sanctified gave her a chance to change that, she jumped at it with all of her tenacity. It was a small matter of letting the right people hear the wrong things. It’s amazing what a little bad press can do to a leader’s support and, with the sanctified pushing from the outside and the support waning from within, the old Prince had no choice but to step down and thus take down those around him who all want their jobs back.

Ventrue Invictus

As leader of the Ventrue in the Invictus, Donald has had many run-ins with all of the other players in the city and has carved out his share, but sees that he needs some more to cement his position. It takes others of the right mind to take care of the little things that he no longer has time for. Christian’s determination to keep going with what he had back in Minneapolis, caught Donald’s eye. Donald had a chance to add to his brood, in return for selling some information that made it unsettling for the former Prince to keep his position at the top. So, he made Christian his newest partner in business, thinking that this would improve his position in New York, when the time comes to step down.

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